European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday september 17,1991 a at London a Dorchester hotel on sunday Salman Rushdie accepts a writers Guild award for a children a Book. Rushdie accepts Book award says he still fears assassins London apr Salman Rushdie still under a death threat for his Book the satanic verses made a rare Public appearance sunday and said reliable reports suggested that paid assassins were after him. Planked by police bodyguards Rushdie arrived unannounced at a London hotel to accept the award of the writers Guild for Best children a Book for Haroun and the sea of stories. Rushdie told guests at the ceremony that the threat issued feb. 14, 1989, by the late iranian Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was still very real and that the reports indicated teams of hit men were still seeking him. Khomeini who died in june 1989, said the Book blasphemed islam. A i would like to apologize for the unusual manner of my appearance Here a Rushdie told the audience gathered at the Dorchester hotel. A i would have liked to have been Here in a More Ordinary  he told the audience of the recent threats and said a i Hope that you la continue to support me. 1 Hope that you will continue your work and make it Clear that we will not get used to the idea that a Man May be murdered for a  Vienna Austria apr the elusive Markus Wolf Long one of the West a most wanted spies who headed East Germany s intelligence service has been tracked Down and questioned in the austrian capital officials said monday. Wolf detained sunday for questioning asked for political Asylum but will Likely be deported said an Interior ministry spokesman. An arrest warrant issued by Germany is seeking the 68-year-old Wolf on possible espionage charges. Wolf served As East Germany Stop spy from 1958 until he retired in 1987. His most sensational move was the planting of a spy in the office of then West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. When the agents cover was blown in 1974, Brandts government fell. He once was so elusive there was Only one picture of him believed to be in circulation in the West. Wolf reportedly arrived aug. 30 at Vienna a Airport the japanese translator of the satanic verses Hito Shi Igarashi was found stabbed to death july 12 at Tsu Kuba University where he worked As an assistant professor. The books italian translator Ettore Capriolo barely survived a july 3 knifing attack in Milan. Capriolo said he was attacked by a Man who identified himself As an iranian. Rushdie who has been in hiding since the late iranian Leader called on muslims to kill him has implored iranian clergymen to lift his sentence. In his remarks sunday Rushdie said he wrote Haroun and the sea of stories As a kind of therapy to resume his Normal writing activity a i wrote it to Tell myself As much As anybody else that i would not be silenced and that i would continue a he said. A without the Solidarity of the people in this room i would not have lasted As Long As i have a he said. A i wanted to be Here so much because of the hatred i have  after his Brief comments Rushdie was ushered out surrounded by his bodyguards. On a flight from Moscow where he had lived in exile. He apparently went into hiding and it took authorities two weeks to track him Down in Austria which he was prohibited from entering. The Interior ministry did not reveal details of wolfs apprehension. Interior minister Franz Loesch Nak said austrian authorities have not issued an arrest warrant or begun Legal proceedings against Wolf a for Lack of suspicion or  espionage against a third country is not punishable under austrian Law. The tall striking spymaster slipped away to Moscow As Germany raced toward unification last october. He left his Haven in the soviet Union As Moscow grew increasingly resentful of its stalinist past and As Bonn pressed for his return. Before he turned up in Austria reports had the Hunt spreading from Hungary to a latin american country or Cuba. World former nato employee is charged with spying from wire reports Karlsruhe Germany a a former foreign language specialist at nato Headquarters has been charged with spying for former East Germany prosecutors said sunday. The Bonn based daily die Welt said the 51-year-old woman was accused of spying for the East German secret police in return for Cash and jewelry. She had allegedly worked under the code name a a Rose since the 1960s, it said. Hans Jirgen Forster a spokesman for Federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl said the woman was arrested Friday in Brussels Belgium where the North Atlantic treaty organization is based. He did not give any other details. Die Welt said the woman was last employed with German military representatives at nato Headquarters. She previously worked at the West German embassy in Rome and several other nato facilities the newspaper  overdose hinted Berlin a fugitive communist Leader Erich Honecker May have tried to kill himself recently although he could have been a victim of an accidental Medicine overdose a newspaper said sunday. The Berliner Kurrier am sonntag quoted sources As saying they had been informed of the incident by the former East German leaders wife Margot. The newspaper said Margot Honecker telephoned the sources in Berlin from the soviet Union where the couple fled in March to avoid arrest. Honecker who ruled former East Germany for 18 years until his ouster in late 1989, is sought for trial in Germany for issuing shoot to kill orders to prevent former East germans from fleeing to the West. The newspaper report said that Honecker took a deadly mixture of a sleep inducing drug and heart Medicine on sept. 8, but that he was saved by Quick  terrier kills baby Sydney Australia a the government on monday temporarily suspended the importation of Bull terriers after a 2-month-old boy was killed during the weekend by his family a pet dog. Resources minister Alan Griffiths whose ministry is responsible for quarantining imported animals said he would ask the Cabinet for a Complete ban on importing dogs such As Bull terriers. About 100 Bull terriers Are imported into Australia annually. In the attack sunday police said the dog pulled the baby by the head from a Bassinet in the Back Yard of a Home in suburban Sydney. The boys Mother had to beat the dog with a Garden Rake to Force it to release the boy. The baby died a Short time later at a Hospital from severe head and neck injuries. The dog was  kills 3 in Spain Muc Hamiel Spain a two policemen and a Tow truck Driver were killed sunday when a car bomb blew up As they towed it away from a civil guard Barracks in Southeastern Spain. Authorities believe Basque separatists Booby trapped the car. The car which bore false License plates exploded As the three men took it to the police garage in this town six Miles North of Valencia pro Vince a capital Alicante police told Spanish National radio. Lindsey air station to have Telephone outage sept. 24 Lindsey air station Germany the 7100th combat support Wing medical Center will have a european Telephone system ets outage from 6-8 . On sept. 24. The military phones at the medical Center will be inoperable during this time but All Bunde Spost lines will remain functional As will military phones at Lindsey air station. Master spy Wolf questioned detained in Vienna officials say